Supplier of the Year Finalist 2011, 2014 & 2015

Product of the Year finalist 2006

Doing our best for the environment

At Crossbow Education we like to do our best for the environment and are proud to have been awarded 3 stars from the green achiever scheme.

All paper used to create our paper based products including: Tinted Exercise Books and Pads, Published Books and all labels used for products
are purchased through the carbon-capture programme, as well as all paper used in our offices. Being part of this programme we have already helped
to the planting of over 53,000 trees across the UK.

We are also part of the Carbon Capture Programme, click here to find out more.

Dandelion Launchers

Dandelion Launchers are a set of readers that precede and supplement the Dandelion Readers Phonic Book Sets.

Each units, contains four books. Introducing new sounds and including the sounds in previous levels. Each Launcher contains 8 full colour pages with a single line of text at CVC word level, encouraging the beginner reader to blend sounds into words; also contains a lotto game to motivate the reader and consolidate phonic skills, as well as "how to use this book" instructions for parents and non-specialists.

Using Dandelion Launchers enables children to experience success at every level and discover the thrill of independent reading from the start.

Units 1-3 includes: 12 Different books, 4 at each unit, introducing sounds of the alphabet:

Unit 1: satim

Unit 2: nop

Unit 3: bcgh

Units 4-7 includes: 16 Different books, 4 at each level (unit), introducing sounds of the alphabet and phase 2 of lettters and sounds.

Unit 4: defv

Unit 5: klru

Unit 6: jwz

Unit 7: x y ff ll ss zz

Units 8-10 include: 12 Different books, 4 at each unit, introducing adjacent consonants with Phase 2 and 4 of Letters and Sounds.